Hodeidah, Shawwal 05, 1439, June 19, 2018, SPA -- The Commander of the West Coast Front in Yemen Brigadier Abu Zarah Al-Mahrami has confirmed the full control of the Yemeni National Army forces on Hodeidah international airport after fierce battles fought by the army with the support of Arab coalition aircraft against Houthi coup militias. According to the Yemeni News Agency, Yemeni army forces are advancing from the south-west of Hodeidah airport in a circumventing operation to liberate the center of Durahmi Directorate. The Agency cited military sources as saying that violent clashes between the Yemeni National Army and militias are taking place in the area of Wadi Nakhl Al-Rumman located on the outskirts of the center of the Directorate, noting that the militias suffered in fighting dozens of deaths, injuries and prisoners, as well as heavy losses in equipment. The sources pointed out that Houthi militias fled towards the city, and were concentrated in residential neighborhoods taking population as human shields, indicating that the militias had taken places on the tops of several hotels and residential buildings on Jamal Street and the city of July 7, and deployed their snipers heavily in populated areas. --SPA 15:39 LOCAL TIME 12:39 GMT 0015 www.spa.gov.sa/w705387